2 Samuel 20:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites gathered together and followed him.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah, and all the Berites assembled and followed him.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he went{H5674} through all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} unto Abel,{H59} and to Beth-maacah,{H1038} and all the Berites:{H1276} and they were gathered together,{H6950} and went{H935} also after{H310} him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he went{H5674}{(H8799)} through all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} unto Abel{H59}, and to Bethmaachah{H1038}, and all the Berites{H1276}: and they were gathered together{H6950}{(H8735)}{(H8675)}{H7035}{(H8735)}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} also after{H310} him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he wente thorow all ye trybes of Israel vnto Abel Beth Maacha, and all the best chosen men gathered them selues together, & folowed after him,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he went through all the tribes of Israel vnto Abel, and Bethmaachah and all places of Berim: and they gathered together, and went also after him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he went thorow all the tribes of Israel, vnto Abel, and to Bethmaacha, and all the places of Berim: And they gathered together, and went after him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites came together and went in after him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth Maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Sheba traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, they too joined him.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
  • 2 Chr 16:4 : 4 And Benhadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck down Ijon, Dan, Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
  • Num 21:16 : 16 And from there they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
  • Josh 18:25 : 25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  • 1 Kgs 15:20 : 20 So Benhadad listened to King Asa, and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 20:13
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    13 Once he was removed from the road, all the people continued after Joab, pursuing Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 2 Sam 20:6-8
    3 verses
    83%

    6 And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us.

    7 So Joab's men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men went out after him, and they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

    8 When they reached the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing his military garment, with a belt and a sword fastened at his waist in its sheath; as he went forward, it fell out.

  • 2 Sam 20:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew a trumpet and said, We have no part in David, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

    2 So all the men of Israel left David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri, but the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 20:15
    78%

    15 They besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, building a siege ramp against the city that stood against the wall, and all the people with Joab battered the wall to bring it down.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, crossed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

    30 And Joab returned from pursuing Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David's servants and Asahel were missing.

  • 2 Sam 20:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21 The matter is not so; but a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.

    22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, each to his tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

    23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 Joab also and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, that is before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one group, and stood on the top of a hill.

  • 2 Sam 20:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

    11 And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    71%

    24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • Judg 20:14
    71%

    14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
    70%

    15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, belonging to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    70%

    23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    70%

    21 And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had also made to stay at the brook Besor: and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
    70%

    12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
    70%

    4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 19:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15 So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to meet the king, to conduct the king over the Jordan.

    16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

    17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.

  • 2 Sam 15:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed in a place that was far off.

    18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

  • 2 Sam 19:40
    69%

    40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him; and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 18:15-17
    3 verses
    69%

    15 And ten young men who carried Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

    16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.

    17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and piled a very large heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled each to his tent.

  • 2 Sam 20:18
    69%

    18 She continued, In former times, they used to say, Let them ask counsel at Abel; and so they resolved disputes.

  • 2 Chr 13:19
    69%

    19 And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its towns, Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephrain with its towns.

  • 1 Sam 14:22
    68%

    22 All the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the mountains of Ephraim heard that the Philistines fled, and even they followed hard after them in the battle.

  • 2 Sam 2:19
    68%

    19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he did not turn to the right or the left from following Abner.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

    15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 2:32
    68%

    32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men traveled all night, and they came to Hebron at dawn.

  • 1 Sam 30:27
    68%

    27 To them who were in Bethel, and to them who were in south Ramoth, and to them who were in Jattir,

  • 2 Sam 24:2
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    2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.

  • 2 Sam 17:20
    68%

    20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
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    30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

    31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

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    23 When Joab and all the host that was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

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    29 David gathered all the people together, went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it.

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    9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

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    34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the general of the king's army was Joab.

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    6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim;

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    12 And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?